On Christmas Day, President Park Geun-hye visited the SOS Children’s Village in Seoul, an orphanage, and gave her Christmas presents to the children.

The Presidential Office explained the purpose of President Park’s visit to the institution was to encourage the children there by giving Christmas presents and to talk to the staff of the facility and hear the voice directly from the field.

The SOS Children’s Village in Seoul was selected as the most outstanding child support facility by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. At the institution, six to eight children live with an SOS mother in an independent space with an atmosphere of a normal household.

Last Christmas Day, as president elect, Park made and delivered packed meals to senior citizens living alone and to welfare recipients in Seoul with other volunteers.